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Boost to BJP from airstrikes waning ahead of polls; farmers’ crisis, unemployment back on voters’ minds: CVoter survey
FirstpostPollsters say the airstrikes and nationalist rhetoric had diverted attention away from socio-economic issues, but the latest numbers suggest these might be back on voters’ minds. New Delhi: The potential benefits accruing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance from a spike in nationalist sentiment following recent clashes with arch rival Pakistan might be waning, results of a nationwide opinion poll suggested. “A cliff-fall for the security narrative complicates BJP’s positioning as this is one issue where BJP comprehensively dominates the Congress and, in fact, the entire Opposition,” CVoter said, referring to Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party that will face off against the main Opposition Congress in the general election scheduled to begin on 11 April. Pollsters say the airstrikes and nationalist rhetoric had diverted attention away from socio-economic issues, including increasing unemployment and an agrarian crisis, which critics have often used to lambaste Modi’s policies.
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